Shade bracket



June 16, 1925. 1,542,657

' C.A.BARNES SHADE BRACKET 'Fild July 14. 1924 Patented June 16, 1925.

] UNITED STATE-S 1,542,657 PA E TY ICE- oassrusia. BARNES, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA...

SHADE BRACKET.

A n amn filed m 14 1924. Serial No. 725,991.

T 0 ca whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cassius A. BARNES, a citizen or the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates the provision of a combined window-shade roller and ourtain pole bracket which is formed from a single piece of material, and designed to be secured to the window casing without the use of separable fastening elements.

The nature andadvantages of the invention will be better understood whenthe following detailed description is read in connection'with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement otparts as claimed. f i

In the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein Figure '1 is a view showing how the invention is used. 7

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of one 0t 7 the brackets.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through the bracket.

Figure 4 is a view taken at a right angle to Figure 1 and partly in section showing how diiiierent curtain poles are supported on the bracket f p j V Figure 5 is a plan view of Figure 4:.

The invention of course includes two brackets, which are identical in construction, except that the body of one bracket is formed with an opening to receive one end of the window shade roller, while the other bracket is formed with a slot to receive the other end of the window shade roller in the usual manner. One of these brackets is clearly shown in Figure 2, being formed from a single piece of material and includwhich project an appreciable distance above I the upper edge of the body 10, and is adapt ed to receive and support a lace curtain pole 1310f the character shown in Figures 1, L and 5. As clearly shown inFigure 1, this pole is of cylindrical contour and is sup ported by the U-shaped members of the com panion brackets when the latter are mounted upon the window casing in the manner illus trated; The bracket shown in Figure 2 is provided with the slot 16 above referred to and receives the adjacent end of the window shade roller 1?, the other end being received byan opening 18 formed in the other bracket as shown in Figure 4. Arranged centrally of the body portion 10, and at one side thereof is an upturned portion 19 which forms an integral part of the body 10, and extended from the lower edge of said body as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3. This upturned portion has one edge stepped; to

provide shoulders 20 andQl'reSpectively for a purpose to be presently described, while the free upper end terminates toprovide a projection 22. used in conjunction with a lace curtain pole of the configuration shown in Figures 4 and 5,. and of well known construction,

wherein it will be noted that the pole is made of telescopic sections 28 and 24c respectively, and of U-shape design in plan. The sections are hollow and substantially ofrectangul'ar contour in cross section, and the parallel extremities- 25 are adaped to be slipped over the upturned portions. 19 of the adjacent brackets as clearly shown in Figure 4:. When the upturned portions are positioned or received within'the adjacent extremities 25 of this pole, it bears against one of the shoulders formed by the upturned portion 19, while the projection 22 is received by an opening 26 formed in the upper edge of the pole. This arrangement is clearly shown in Figure 4, and is such as to hold the pole inunovably mounted upon the brackets.

' These brackets can be secured to the window casing without using nails or any other analogous fastening elements, it being only necessary to drive the pointed extremity 11 into the window casing as shown in Figures at and 5, and when this extremity is thus driven into the window casing it has a tendency to bend or enter the casing obliquely as shown in Figure 5, which serves to prevent casual separation of the bracket from the window casin The bracket is of course This upturned portion is connection with said brackets.

driven in a sufiicient distance to bring the shoulder 13 formed by the pointed prong or extension 12 into contact with the outer surface or face of the window casing, which of course serves as anadditional support to the bracket and the weight of the various elements which is adapted to be mounted on the bracket. The window shade roller 17 can then be easily positioned. between the bracket as above described, and either a round curtain pole 15 or a curtain pole of the character shown in Figure 5 used in In other words if the ordinary round pole is used, it is arranged within the U-shaped portions of the bracket, while on the other hand if a flat curtain pole is used, the extremities thereof :are slipped over the upturned portions :19 as above described. The bracket being formed from a single piece of material and by reasonof its simplicity, can be manufactured and sold at a very small cost.

lihile it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and'described, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

What I clainris:

1. A bracket of the character described. comprising a body portion l'iavingnn opening therein, a U-shaped member projecting upwardly from the upper edge ofsaid body and at one corner thereof, and an upturned extension projecting from the lower edge of the body and arranged at one side and in spacediparallelrelation with said body for the purpose specified.

'2. A bracket of the character described comprising a body portion having an opening therein, a U-shaped member rising from the upper edge of the bracket at one corner thereof, an upturned portion arranged centrally of the bracket and at one side thereof, said upturned portion being connected with the lower edge of the bracket, shoulders formed on one edge of the upturned por- Vtion, and a pointed projection extending from the free end of said upturned portion for the'purpose specified.

A bracket of the character described comprising a body portion having an opening, and'terminatin'g to provide pointed extremity, a pointed prong depending from the lower edge .of the bracket adjacent the pointed extremity, a U-s'haped member rising-from the upper edge of the bracket adjacent the other end thereof, an upturned portion projecting from the lower edge of the bracket and arranged at one side and approximately centrally of said bracket, shoulders formed on one edge of the upturned portion, and a projection extending from the'free end of said upturned portion for the purpose specified 4. A window bracket of the character described comprising a body portion tapered toward one end to provide a pointed eX- tremity adapted to be driven into the window casing, a pointed :prong depending-at a right angle from the lower edge of the bracket and defining a shoulder adapted to bear against the window casing when the bracket is driven thereinto, a Ushaped member rising from the upper edge of the bracket at the opposite end thereof and adapted to receive a curtain pole, an upturned extremity projecting from the lower edge of the bracket and arranged at one side thereof and adapted to be received by a hollow curtain rod of well known construction, a shoulder formed on the outer edge of the upturned portion and adapted to be engaged by the adjacent end of said rod, and a projection extending from the free end of the upturned portion and adapted to be received by an opening in said rod as and for the'purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture.

CASSIUS A. BARNES. 

